The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-04-14

months from the date OF the cOntrac
. he viii be possessed Of the neeessar
plant for the performance Of the worI
l in the United States which he shall
required must accompany the proposal
or be submitted TO the Department II
advance. It is also required that ont
OF the vessels shall be built on or ne2
the coast Of the Pacific Ocean, or TIT
waters connecting Herewith, one o
them ON or near the coast of thu
Gulf of Mexico or the waters connect
ing Herewith, and two o.
them on or near the Atlantic coast Of
waters connecting Herewith and al
such places on or near such coasts o.
waters as the Secretary shall approve
and that if it shall appear to the salts
faction Of the President of the United
States from the bidding for said con
tracts that said vessels cannot be con.
structed at fair cost on or near the
coast of the Pacific Ocean or the Gull
Of Mexico, he shall authorize the con-
structiOn Of said vessels, or either OF
them, elsewhere in the United States.
All of the vessels are to be
of the best and most modern
patterns, having the highest attain
able speed. Plans and specifications,
| appropriate forms of proposals
and general forms of contract for each
vessel will he prepared by the Depart
ment and may be seen and examined
on and after June LIST and meanwhile
information as to the general charac-
teristics can be obtained at any time.
Bidders will be allowed to frame their
proposals in three forms: First, for the
construction of the hull and machinery
of each vessel according to the plans of
the Department; second, for the COLI
StructiOn of the hull and machinery in
accordance with the contractors plans,
with guarantee of the results, and
third, for the construction of the bull
on the Department. plans and
chinery on the contractors
plans, subject to the same Limitation in
space and weight as that specified in
the Departments design, and with the
same guarantee as to successful per-
Torrance. Each proposal to construct
vessel must be accompanied by GER
titled check equal to per cent of the
amount of the bid, and in case of the
acceptance of the proposal the bidder
is required to enter into a contract for
the performance of his work under
amount Of his bid. Contracts will be
awarded separately for each vessel. in
Guiding hull and machinery. Every
successful bidder will be required, on
the acceptance of his proposal,
to enter into formal
contract for the performance of his
work, aud to give a bond therefor,
with sufficient suretieS, and in a penal
sum equal to Is per cent of the amount
of his bid. The three cruisers must be
completed within twenty-four months,
and the two gunboats within eighteen
months from the execution of the7 re-
Spective contracts. The cost of cruis-
or No. l, exclusive of armament, but
including equipment, is limited to an
amount not exceeding 81 300, 900. The
cost of cruisers No. 4 and 5, including
equipment, but exclusive of armament
and premiums for speed, is limited to
an aggregate for both vessels of not
more than SO, 100000. The cost of
gun boats No. 3 and 4, exclusive of
armament, but including equipment, is
limited to an amount not exceeding
$3.50, 600 each. Payments to each con-
tractor will be made in ten equal in
stallmentS as the work progresses, up
on bills duly certified, from which ten
per cent will be reserved, to be paid on
the full and final completion of the con-
tract. Proposals will be received at
the Department until noon on Monday,
August first, next.
MAYNARD AND ENDICOTT.
The Evening Star tonight says:
There have been numerous points of
controversy between Second Comp
troller Maynard and Secretary Endi-
colt. The Secretary of War has not
in all cases been willing to accept the
decisions of the Second Comptroller,
and has tried ON several occasions to
have them reversed or overruled in
some way. There has been a conflict
of authority and Judge Maynard has
hold the kRU fn tho GifVUofinV1 NxHrr
three months ago Mr.. EndicOtt wrote a
letter to the Second Comptroller in re-
lation to the accounts of Surgeon Bill
lings, Lieutenant Ray and Captain
Wheeler, for mileage while journeying
abroad, which had been disallowed; re-
opened by request of the Secretary of
War and again disallowed, and also to
certain accounts of Captain j. II.
Rowles, Myers, Smith, Tucker and 9TH
ers. In the letter Mr.. Endicott an
nounced that he intended to submit the
cases to the Court of Claims. In
der the provisions of Section 2
of the act of March third,
1888, which permits matters controvert-
ed in the Executive Department to be
sent to the Court of Claims. YesteT-
day, just before returning from the
Office of the Second Comptroller, Judge
Maynard wrote sharp reply to the
L W
cases had all been settled and the pa
perS turned over to the Second Auditor;
that the re-examination had resulted
| in sustaining the decision reached in
the first instance and that the matter
would not be again re-Opened. AS to
the announcement that the Secretary
of War intended to send the cases to
the Court of Claims, he calls attention
to the fact that the cases are entirely
/ fnfs fNRN
Department and cannot be taken to the
Court of Claims by the head of any
other department. Moreover, he re-
minds Mr.. Endicott that the Court
would only give an opinion, and not a
decision in the case should the Secre-
tary of the Treasury go there. In
conclusion, he says, if the Secretary of
War has any doubt with reference to
the correctness of his own views upon
any or all of the abstract questions OF
law propounded in his letter the
opinion of the Court of Claims thereon
might be of value to him, but as this
office has no doubt. and as far as it can
be learned this department has none
with reference to the correctness to the
adjustment of the accounts referred tC
it, 1t is not seen how reference OF
those cases by another department tC
the Court of Claims can affect the past
OF COHLTOl luo IulUTe dCJlOn OF Jnt
Treasury Department thereon.
| LATE REPRESENTATIVE DEAD.
Hon. d. Atkin, late Representative
in Congress from the Third South Car
DINA district. died at his home il
COkesbury, South Carolina, this Morn
ing.
IN sELF-DEFENCE.
Indian Commissioner Atkins has re
ceived the following letter from Indian
Agent, +. y. Osborne, at the Ponca
Pawnee and OtOe Agency, Indian Ter
ritory, under date of April End, 1887
with a profound sense of regret.
have to report that in discharging, yes
terday, l. NJ. Smith, farmer at thu
Octoe Agency, for general bad con
duct upon the agency, but because O
his ungovernable temper, which wa
constantly being turned loose upol
both employees and Indians, l had t,
kill him in self, defence. He haC
repeatedly threatened to kill the clerl
in charge, Mr.. Young, VIII,
reported his conduct and asked that h,
be discharged. went to Otoe to ex
} plain to him my reasons for dis
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